15|11|2012

INA-GRM is releasing a box set of acousmatic composer François Bayle recordings, covering 50 years spread across 15 CDs.

Bayle joined the Group de Recherches Musicales (GRM) in the early 1960s and became its director in 1975. One of his major works was the Acousmonium – an orchestra of over 80 loudspeakers. Bayle trained with Oliver Messiaen, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Pierre Schaeffer. He also founded French TV and radio archive Institut National de L' Audiovisuel with Ivo Malec and JC Eloy. His aim was for the listener to feel the motion and vibration of energy in the universe.

On the cover: Ashtray Navigations: Phil Todd’s slime-surfing DIY outfit have been reverberating for 21 years, a constant presence in Yorkshire’s ever-bubbling psych underground. By Alex Neilson. Bristol's Flying Saucer Attack and members of Movietone, Crescent and Third Eye Foundation tell Joseph Stannard the story of the West Country’s cosmic reverse. Frances Morgan takes a trip through Yorkshire Psychedelia. Plus: Mark Perry's Invisible Jukebox, Brooklyn rapper Ka, Ethiopian producer Mikael Seifu, artist Charlotte Prodger, confrontational music in Łódź, hundreds of albums, book and gigs reviewed, and much more. And don't forget our latest 20 track CD, free to all readers with The Wire.